The pecker has been back every day this week to wreak havoc. The owl decoys are essentially confirmed not to make a difference. I found something called irri-tape that is a holographic metallic material that I hung from the string lights around each post last night. Hopefully that will keep it at bay for now. Those metallic strips don't look very "tiki" at all.

You should see what we go through living near the woods as we do.
I get a kick out of the animal lovers that think they do no harm to any animal all the while the roads houses and buildings we put up pushes all the wild life in the small woods left.

we can sit in the hot tub and hear the screams of something being eaten at night and
that may be a good way to go as being crushed by a car or starving may be the other way they die.

Not to mention the TONS of garden pests that get our things we grow, If you think for one minute that they can grow anything with out using any pesticides your wrong.
We use very little pesticides but it's hard and we lose a lot.

Looks good! I burn and shellac the rope and that looks good too plus may help save it a bit.

Hey that rope wrapping could be used at the top of the poles the woodpeckers are hitting.
Would think they can't peck rope.
If you paint rope white that would help protect rope from our wonderful weather too.